Allan B. Lopez is a writer from the Philippines. He graduated from the University of the Philippines

University of the Philippines

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 in Diliman, with a BA in Speech Communication. A fellow for drama in the 38th and the 45th UP National Writers Workshop, Lopez has won a number of awards for his dramatic work, and his plays have been staged in various venues and laboratory festivals (Cultural Center of the Philippines

Cultural Center of the Philippines

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, UPLB, DLSU-CSB, among others).

He is an active member of the playwrights group The Writersbloc, Inc. and co-moderates an online group of writers called Guniguni: The Absent Muse. He is also the webmaster of the Writersbloc website and is an occasional blogger.

His fiction, non-fiction and poetry in both English and Filipino have been published in local newspapers and magazines like The Philippine Star, The Philippine Graphic and Liwayway Magazine. His play “Anatomiya ng Pag-Ibig” appears in the anthology Ang Aklat Likhaan ng Dula 1997-2003 edited by Rene Villanueva

Rene Villanueva

Rene O. Villanueva was a Filipino playwright and author. He is famed for his deep involvement in theater and television and in children's literature, whether it be on television, in books or on stage.-Awards:...

 & Victor Emmanuel Carmelo Nadera, Jr. A personal anthology of his works for the stage is forthcoming.

One-Act and Ten-Minute Plays

• Jaclyn, 2000 (DLSU-CSB's Dulaang Filipino, 2005)
• Anino, 2000
• Delubyo , 2000
• Doble Kara, 2005 (UPLB's Icebag Tarugo 4, 2005)
• Love Me Tender, 2002
• Domestik, 2004
• Lukso ng Dugo, 2005
• Little Brown Fucking Machines, 2005
• Kasaysayan, 2007 (3rd Virgin Labfest, 2007)

Full Length Plays

• Binhing Malay, children's play co-written with Jerico Midel, 1998
• Anatomiya ng Pag-Ibig, 2003 (Virgin Labfest, 2005)
• Something Happened, 2005
• Seniors Ball (adaptation of Rene Villanueva
  Rene Villanueva
  Rene O. Villanueva was a Filipino playwright and author. He is famed for his deep involvement in theater and television and in children's literature, whether it be on television, in books or on stage.-Awards:...
  
  's novel for Teens) 2006

Short Fiction

• Kumpol ng Mga Roses in Liwayway Magazine, 2003
• Hundreds Upon Hundreds of Forgotten Memories Will Suddenly Appear When She Finally Decides To Leave What Could Only Be Called Mistakes In Her Life, And At This Precise Moment She Will Have Realized That All The Time She Can Spare Is Long Lost And Will Never Be Returned in the Philippine Graphic Magazine, 2006, and in Philippine Speculative Fiction vol. 2, ed. Dean Francis Alfar
  Dean Francis Alfar
  Dean Francis Alfar , is a Filipino playwright, novelist and writer of speculative fiction. His plays have been performed in venues across the country, while his articles and fiction have been published both in his native Philippines and abroad, such as in Strange Horizons, Rabid Transit, The...
  
  , Kestrel, 2006

Sources

• The Don Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature unofficial website (Archived 2009-10-25)
• "Writers.net profile"

External links

• The Writersbloc - The Writersbloc, Inc. homepage
• Virgin Labfest 3 on WikiPilipinas
• Lab Results: Positive by Gibbs Cadiz
• UP ICW Chooses 12 Writing Fellows
• “New” UP National Writers’ Workshop raises the bar